† Columbus (Big Charley Lockhart) is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1910-06-08 at George W. Popcorn Hall, in United States, . Official death reason described as via potassium cyanide in a sweet potato in Evansville, Wisconsin.
Columbus (Big Charley Lockhart) was born wild .
1920: "Old Charley," said to be the largest elephant in captivity, and certainly one of the most ugly tempered, died at the farm of "Col." George W. Hall, near Janesville, Wis., June 8. The pachyderm was so vicious last March that the city authorities tried to devise means to end his days. The weight of the dead elephant was six and a half tons, and his trunks are valued at $1,500. He was brought to this country by Lockhart, with the Lockhart Herd twenty years ago, and was first seen with the Ringling Show. New York Clippings, 1920
"Old Charley," said to be the largest elephant in captivity, and certainly one of the most ugly tempered, died at the farm of "Col." George W. Hall, near Janesville, Wis., June 8. The pachyderm was so vicious last March that the city authorities tried to devise means to end his days. The weight of the dead elephant was six and a half tons, and his trunks are valued at $1,500. He was brought to this country by Lockhart, with the Lockhart Herd twenty years ago, and was first seen with the Ringling Show.
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